Reply With QuoteAtasas ,you have like a trillion threads here were you can post your BS. Would you be so kind and let others to enjoy Russian military pics & videos without flame baits,trolling and political stuff, thank you.
London, April 2 (IANS) In the end, it was the curtains that gave it away.
As G20 leaders began arriving at the summit venue in London Thursday, much breathless media attention focused on US President Barack Obama’s $300,000 armoured-plated black limousine, dubbed The Beast.
But then an excited BBC correspondent, live on television, urged news anchors to “watch out for” Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s limousine, saying rumour had it that it was even better than Obama’s.
A quick internet search by IANS - try googling Medvedev limousine - revealed a Moscow Times article about the Russian President’s car, which it said had been developed at a cost of $60 million by ZiL, the Russian manufacturers famous for making armour-plated limousines for Soviet era leaders.
Called the Hippopotamus, it weighed 16 tonnes.
While the Beast could withstand a missile attack, the occupants of the Russian Hippo would survive a small nuclear attack, the Moscow Times quoted Kremlin officials as saying.
“The American car is a good car if you are in a little trouble, but ours is ready for a war,” the official said.
Got to be proud!The Russian car was reported to have a 12-centimeter-thick titanium plated roof and its designers were so confident of their creation they sat inside the car while Russian soldiers shot rocket-propelled grenades at it.
Medvedev’s limousine, the Moscow Times gloated, has “more armour, more weapons and more curtains on the back window than The Beast.”
It seemed to be a throwback from the US-Russia technological rivalries from the Cold War years, but journalists calling up the London office of Itar-Tass, the Russian news agency, came upon an Iron Curtain.
“Hippo? What hippo? No, my friend, we have never heard of this limousine you are talking about. We are a bit busy covering the G20 summit you know. Bye,” said a Russian journalist impatiently - clearly unimpressed by the early morning call.
It was then that the curtains reappeared: the Moscow Times report said the limousine came complete with “the curtains on the back windows - a tribute to a feature of limousines used by Soviet nomenklatura.”
Curtains on the back window in 2009? Surely not…
http://www.sindhtoday.net/world/82249.htm
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Atasas ,you have like a trillion threads here were you can post your BS. Would you be so kind and let others to enjoy Russian military pics & videos without flame baits,trolling and political stuff, thank you.
http://www.publiuspundit.com/2008/01..._a_russian.php
Meet a classic Russian idiot.
Allow me to introduce Russian General Yuri Baluyevsky, who declared over the weekend on government-owned national television that "We do not intend to attack anyone, but we consider it necessary for all our partners in the world community to clearly understand that to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia and its allies, military forces will be used, including preventively, including with the use of nuclear weapons."
I wasnt sure weather it is for real...Apparently, this cretin thinks that by making this statement, he is indicating Russian strength and striking fear into the hearts of Russia's enemies. In fact, exactly the opposite is achieved.
As defense experts are quick to point out: "Baluyevsky's statement means that, as before, we cannot count on our conventional forces to counter aggression. It means that as before, the main factor in containing aggression against Russia is nuclear weapons." That's what Russian expert Alexander Golts says. His colleague Pavel Felgenhauer puts it this way: "We threaten the West that in any kind of serious conflict, we'll go nuclear almost immediately."
In other words, what this Russian general is actually saying (or perhaps admitting would be a better word) is that Russia's conventional military power is non-existent. Thanks for the info, comrade.
So Russia will "go nuclear" to defend itself? Ah, scary prospect. Except that this "general" doesn't seem to realize that Russia's enemies also have nuclear weapons, and won't hesitate to use them if Russia does so first. In that event, Russia would be erased from the face of the Earth. Is that what this so-called Russian patriot is saying? Is he saying that Russia would prefer to cease to exist than to be invaded and conquered, say by the evil forces of NATO? Has he asked the people of Russia about that? Is he quite sure they'd rather perish in a nuclear holocaust than join the European Union, destroying all Russian culture for all time in the process?
This is classic Soviethink. Just as Vladimir Putin thinks he shows "strength" by jailing or killing his political rivals (and by attempting to brutally crush Western cultural institutions like the British Council), this general thinks he too is demonstrating Russian power and courage. In fact, both reveal the exact opposite -- the fundamental weakness of a crude bully who knows he is surrounded by civilized people and who has only barbaric violence to fall back upon, no other resources.
The irony, of course, is that while these statements are designed to encourage respect for Russia, they achieve the opposite, actually making it more likely that the world will move against Russia, fearing it is governed by a clan of feral lunatics who are fundamentally weak and cannot be trusted to wield power in a responsible manner. Certainly, it can only cause Russia's words to be utterly discounted in any diplomatic context, fundamentally undermining its international clout on issues Russia is obsessed with, like Kosovo independence for example. How can Russian complaints about U.S. "unilateralism" possibly be taken seriously when a top general is so irresponsible in talking about nuclear weapons, or when Russia behaves with abject unilateralism in dealing with nations like Ukraine and Georgia?
Indeed, hearing bellicose unprovoked rhetoric like this, how can the leaders of Ukraine and Georgia do other than scramble to seek NATO admission? How can NATO itself do other than gear up for a new cold war, including an arms race that will surely break the Russian economy, and now can the EU even think of relying on Russia as an civilized energy partner? As British columnist Martin Ivens puts it:
By the law of unintended consequences, Russia's hardmen are at last revealing their true selves to peaceable folk in Europe. After cutting off gas to Ukraine, who would now rely on Moscow as sole supplier for its energy needs? Germany and France, under new and more realistic leadership, are wary of Putin. However late in the day, the European Union is beginning to learn that it must be more supportive of Russia's democratic neighbours.
As always, by far the worst enemy Russia has it itself
what do you mean?Originally Posted by zg18
Read the earlier- I have changed!- I am pro russia now!
You need to stop. This is a photos and video thread.
Where the heck are the mods? They are quick to jump when there is BS in some USA or Balkans thread, but not here?
again off topic... sorry!
and what do you mean?
You don't have to be pro-Russia, it's a free world ,but as you know you have other discussion sub-forums here to post what you posted here, don't pretend to be stupid.
useful and explanatory! (Would have been even better translated in to MP.Net accepted language)
Thanks!
he is doing a fine job without having to pretend.
stupid me? - do I appear to be one?
(most insincere apologies then!)
do you mind to get back on the topic please?
I mean you need to stop being an A$$. I'm sure you are one of those Forum "macho-man"...cos u know nobody can see u.
badly off topic again- sorry! again... most insincere apologies... again...
I fell under siege!- help me now! what on earth would possessed you to say such things?
can we please get back on a topic of Russian Photos pls?
do you mind to stop craping up the topic?
As how do I apper- never mind! if you are desperate to find out- writ me a PM- have not had a "decent talk to another kid" for a while now
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